Summary
- Japan → Nigeria
- $390million
- Nigeria → Japan
- $848million
- Japan’s balance
- -$458million
Balance
Japan’s trade balance with Nigeria
Trade between Japan and Nigeria grew 4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Japan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.4
- Imports 0.8
- Balance -0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $179 million | $132 million | $46 million |
| 1996 | $404 million | $143 million | $261 million |
| 1997 | $389 million | $198 million | $190 million |
| 1998 | $294 million | $84 million | $209 million |
| 1999 | $235 million | $174 million | $61 million |
| 2000 | $369 million | $219 million | $151 million |
| 2001 | $462 million | $255 million | $207 million |
| 2002 | $401 million | $744 million | -$342 million |
| 2003 | $434 million | $790 million | -$357 million |
| 2004 | $381 million | $1.4 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2005 | $516 million | $974 million | -$458 million |
| 2006 | $1 billion | $737 million | $285 million |
| 2007 | $814 million | $640 million | $175 million |
| 2008 | $1 billion | $1.8 billion | -$775 million |
| 2009 | $949 million | $570 million | $379 million |
| 2010 | $1.1 billion | $549 million | $548 million |
| 2011 | $2.8 billion | $1.8 billion | $1 billion |
| 2012 | $1.1 billion | $4.9 billion | -$3.8 billion |
| 2013 | $879 million | $3.6 billion | -$2.7 billion |
| 2014 | $831 million | $4.6 billion | -$3.8 billion |
| 2015 | $484 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.3 billion |
| 2016 | $602 million | $880 million | -$278 million |
| 2017 | $404 million | $868 million | -$464 million |
| 2018 | $426 million | $932 million | -$506 million |
| 2019 | $676 million | $516 million | $160 million |
| 2020 | $582 million | $722 million | -$140 million |
| 2021 | $370 million | $783 million | -$413 million |
| 2022 | $345 million | $1.3 billion | -$992 million |
| 2023 | $436 million | $569 million | -$133 million |
| 2024 | $390 million | $848 million | -$458 million |
What they sell each other
What Japan sells to Nigeria
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Nigeria sells to Japan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Lagos is 11,318 nautical miles (20,960 km) long: ≈ 26–33.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Cape of Good Hope.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Nigeria was Japan’s 60th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Japan was Nigeria’s 23rd (1%).
- Nigeria in Japan’s trade
- 0.1%
- Nigeria’s rank among Japan’s partners
- 60th
- Japan in Nigeria’s trade
- 1.1%
- Japan’s rank among Nigeria’s partners
- 23rd
Compare with
Other partners of Japan
Other partners of Nigeria
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.